Good Evening Gents,
Have had my 70K Kanayama for awhile now and I only rub it with my palm before use but i see where some say to occasionally use a warm damp cloth to clean it with using a cotton cloth.
I even went to Takeshi's site and read this, and reading it i am not sure how long to run the damp cotton cloth back and fourth, i am gathering it's supposed to soak the leather completely ?
Don't want to ruin one of my favorite strops
*************Cleaning and maintenance Kanoyama Cordovan Razor Strop:What we should do is to use clean cotton towel soaking in lukewarm water, and it should be not too much wet, but not too dry the towel. And then, we wipe the strop the front side of the strop until little before the lukewarm water going through all the way to the back side, and then it makes dry naturally. That is the way what we make the strop making shinny and smoother. According to Mr. Naomi, we should not apply on any oil on Cordovan strop. The oil collects dust, and it makes losing smoothness on the Cordovan strop, and it makes not as the finishing quality strop anymore. ****************
Have had my 70K Kanayama for awhile now and I only rub it with my palm before use but i see where some say to occasionally use a warm damp cloth to clean it with using a cotton cloth.
I even went to Takeshi's site and read this, and reading it i am not sure how long to run the damp cotton cloth back and fourth, i am gathering it's supposed to soak the leather completely ?
Don't want to ruin one of my favorite strops
*************Cleaning and maintenance Kanoyama Cordovan Razor Strop:What we should do is to use clean cotton towel soaking in lukewarm water, and it should be not too much wet, but not too dry the towel. And then, we wipe the strop the front side of the strop until little before the lukewarm water going through all the way to the back side, and then it makes dry naturally. That is the way what we make the strop making shinny and smoother. According to Mr. Naomi, we should not apply on any oil on Cordovan strop. The oil collects dust, and it makes losing smoothness on the Cordovan strop, and it makes not as the finishing quality strop anymore. ****************